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History · Eagle Township

44% of Eagle Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1910 on.

0on the National Register
44%homes built before 1940
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Photo: Nyttend · Public domain

What stands out about Eagle Township’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Eagle Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages3 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Eagle Township, and 3 old place names are still on the map.Old housesHalf of Eagle Township’s homes were built before 1945.On the map since 19105 editions of the USGS map, 1910 to 1992. Watch Eagle Township change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Eagle Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

Three other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.

Eagle Mills
1856–1917
Pikerun
1880–1909
Cox
1885–1914
18501940today
Hamlets and corners on the map
CoxEagle MillsJimtown
Gone or out of use
Beech Grove SchoolschoolEagle ChapelchurchHigh Hill SchoolschoolSaint Pauls ChurchchurchTimmons Schoolschool
6cemeteries and burying grounds inside Eagle Township
LebanonMcGeePike RunSlagleSlagle FarmUnion

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

The story so far

Eagle Township, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Eagle Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Eagle Township is one of the twelve townships of Vinton County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 667 people in the township.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 704 to 667 (-5%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

Eagle Township, 1856 to 1917

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1856Post officeThe Eagle Mills post office opens
  3. 1880Post officeThe Pikerun post office opens
  4. 1885Post officeThe Cox post office opens
  5. 20th century
  6. 1909Post officeThe Pikerun post office closes
  7. 1910On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  8. 1914Post officeThe Cox post office closes
  9. 1917Post officeThe Eagle Mills post office closes
By decade

Eagle Township, decade by decade

Today2 recent
Ratcliffe Mound from north2016Ratcliffe Mound from northMap of Vinton County Ohio Highlighting Eagle Township2015Map of Vinton County Ohio Highlighting Eagle TownshipMap
On the map

Eagle Township on the map, 1910 to 1992

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Eagle Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Eagle Township on the 1910 USGS mapEagle Township on the 1944 USGS mapEagle Township on the 1961 USGS mapEagle Township on the 1975 USGS mapEagle Township on the 1992 USGS map1910Laurelville sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Eagle Township.

Famous people

Famous people close to Eagle Township

Nobody well known was born in Eagle Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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TecumsehShawnee Native American military leader · b. 1768
Lucy Webb HayesFirst Lady of the United States from 1877 to 18… · b. 1831
Nancy WilsonAmerican singer · b. 1937
Edward CookAmerican pole vaulter · b. 1888
James MasonAmerican neo-Nazi · b. 1952
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Neil JohnstonAmerican Hall of Fame basketball player · b. 1929
Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Harrison TownshipIts storyC−Jackson TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townHarrison TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSalt Creek TownshipIts storyCLiberty Township1 historic placeB−

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (2), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.